Remember back in the mid to late-90's when vehicular combat games were all the rage? Twisted Metal, Interstate 76, and Destruction Derby were at the forefront of the charge, but bringing up the rear was a little title known as Vigilante 8. It gained a following, spawned a sequel and wound up drifting harmlessly into the annals of gaming, most thought to never be heard from again.
Now, around the game's tenth anniversary, Xbox Live Arcade users are being given the chance to experience a remake of the Vigilante 8 series, all for the low cost of 800 Microsoft Points come this fall.
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Well, no. That didn't actually play out as planned. We don't know what happened.
But, by golly, we had a show to do, and do a show we did done do! Holly had a bonfire, Tim tickled the 6-string, and Boots actually started Dragon Age: Origins!
Later, the gang talked about the fall of 38 Studios, Tim played this week's Game of Chance, and the trio discussed what they'd find an acceptable price point that would convince them to buy a PSVita.
In other news, it's a sad and cloudy day for the crew as the end of an era approaches.
Actually since getting the Vita, I've found quite a few new friends on PSN thanks to it...
4Player - "You simply don’t get that same feeling from Vigilante 8, which has destructible environments but never utilizes them in such a way as to make the levels nearly as modular as they could be. There is, instead, a static quality which never seems to relax its grip on the design, and results in the levels seeming overly rigid. I hate to make it sound as if this is an attestation of a lack of creativity, but this overarching problem winds its way throughout all of Vigilante 8, and in a way it seems as though Luxoflux felt really awkward thinking outside the box. Even the quirky characterization of the cars seems to have been developed in such a sophomoric way, that in comparison to Twisted Metal they just come of as timid and banal."
Vigilante 8 was amazing! The Roswell level with the aliens and the giant Rollin donught was awesome!
I still play the Arizona level of Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense once in a while. Damn... even the title sounds extremely cool. Those were the good old days when Activision was still publishing great games...
Was a truly amazing game in the day. They had a semi rig with a huge trailor dammit. LIGHTNIN!
funny story? on one of my birthday's as a kid, a friend of mine gave me his Vigilante 8: 2nd Offence as a gift. he missed it so much that he offered to trade it for his version of Twisted Metal. I refused.
game also had a great soundtrack. I still play "Stargazers" to this very day :)
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I remember getting Vigilante 8. I was little but I knew it looked like Twisted Metal and ended up really like it. Bought the sequel too. I wouldn't doubt a new gen of it would be better then current twisted metal. It's so different.
Cant wait for this. I was a great lover of the originals. Good ol' XBLA. Brings life back to the classics.
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